The Case of Love

Chapter 111 Carpet Search

Zhou Yifeng roughly told her how Zhou Bicheng put a gun to his head and a man suspected to be Old Z shot Zhou Bicheng to save him.

The more Su Xiaohan listened, the more surprised she became. She didn't expect Old Z to show up here, and she didn't expect him to show up to save Zhou Yifeng. However, if Old Z was really Zhou Yifeng's brother, it would make sense for him to save Zhou Yifeng at the risk of being arrested.

On the way, Zhou Yifeng received a call from Captain Du of the traffic police team. They were monitoring the blue business car all the way. Just now, the car drove into F County in the suburbs of Beijing. Due to the blind spot of F County, the car lost its trace when it approached the foot of the mountain in F County.

After talking to Captain Du, Zhou Yifeng called Li Zhisong and learned that they were also on their way to County F. Zhou Yifeng increased the speed of the car. They were more than ten kilometers away from County F and it would take at least several dozen minutes to arrive.

Zhou Yifeng sighed in his heart, F County, this F County again! Could it be that this F County has Lao Z's hideout in Beijing?

When Zhou Yifeng arrived at the foot of the mountain in F County, he only saw a few empty cars, including the blue business car that Old Z was riding in when he escaped.

More than ten minutes ago, Li Zhisong called Zhou Yifeng to report the situation here. Zhou Yifeng asked them to split into two groups, Zhu Xiaofeng led a group to go into the mountains to look for people, and Li Zhisong led a group to look for people in the county. He suspected that Lao Z parked the car at the foot of the mountain to create the illusion that they had entered the mountain.

"Captain Zhou, should we go to the mountains or go to the county to look for people?" Su Xiaohan asked.

"Let's go to the county! Do you still remember the small restaurant where we ate together? Let's go over and ask." Looking at the small county town shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhou Yifeng seemed to be thinking about something.

"Yes, Captain Zhou! Captain Zhou, your idea is really good. The store owner has contacts with many people and may be able to provide us with clues!" Su Xiaohan followed him excitedly and they got into the car together.

A few minutes later, the car stopped in front of the restaurant. It was dinner time, and the restaurant was very busy. At the entrance of the restaurant, there was a takeaway window, selling buns of various flavors. Smelling the aroma, Su Xiaohan felt even hungrier and couldn't help swallowing.

"Give me two beef buns!" Zhou Yifeng shouted, looking at the menu posted on the wall.

"Okay, I'll get it to you right away!" said the restaurant waiter enthusiastically.

"Captain Zhou, aren't we here to inquire about something? Why are we buying buns?" Su Xiaohan asked.

"I'm hungry. I can only work after I'm full!" Zhou Yifeng held back his laughter.

Zhou Yifeng scanned the payment code, and the waiter quickly packed the buns for him in a paper bag. He handed the paper bag to Su Xiaohan: "Someone's stomach is growling too loud, eat it quickly!"

Su Xiaohan took the paper bag in surprise. It turned out that he bought the buns for her.

Su Xiaohan quickly finished one bun and stuffed another one into Zhou Yifeng's mouth. Zhou Yifeng was caught off guard and had to eat it.

After they finished eating the buns, Zhou Yifeng wiped his mouth and asked the waiter if he had ever seen someone who looked like him.

The waiter stared at him for a while and said with a smile: "I was wondering why you came back to buy another bun after just buying them. It turns out you are not the same person!"

"Is there anyone around him, or did he come alone?" Zhou Yifeng asked hurriedly.

"There was a man following him. The man was wearing black clothes, was very tall and strong, and looked quite fierce." said the waiter.

"Did you see which way they went?" Su Xiaohan asked hurriedly. "They went that way, in a hurry." The waiter pointed in the direction of the county town and confirmed.

"Captain Zhou, from this perspective, he parked the car at the foot of the mountain as a decoy. He didn't even enter the mountain!" Su Xiaohan secretly admired Zhou Yifeng's judgment.

"That's right! They came to the county town! Let's go to the county public security bureau and ask them to help check the surveillance to see where these two people went." Zhou Yifeng confirmed that Old Z came to the county town and appeared in the restaurant. Looking at the surveillance camera not far away, he had an idea.

After listening to Zhou Yifeng's words, Su Xiaohan suddenly understood and got into the car with him.

More than ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of the F County Public Security Bureau. Zhou Yifeng showed his ID and someone soon came out to greet him.

"Captain Zhou, what brings you here? Are you here to inspect and guide us?" Wang Tielong, captain of the criminal police team of the F County Public Security Bureau, joked.

"How dare I check and give instructions? I'm here to ask for help!" Zhou Yifeng gently embraced Wang Tielong, walked with him to a secluded place, and explained the situation to him.

Upon learning that Old Z had arrived in F County, Wang Tielong did not dare to delay for a moment and took Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan to the monitoring hall.

Starting from the surveillance cameras near the restaurant, they tracked down the whereabouts of Lao Z and finally locked onto an area east of the county town. According to Wang Tielong, there were old residential areas nearby with basically no surveillance cameras, making it difficult to find him.

"Captain Zhou, since we have confirmed that Old Z is in the county, do you want to call Brother Xiaofeng and the others back?" Su Xiaohan asked, thinking of Zhu Xiaofeng leading people into the mountains to search.

"No need. As of now, the only ones who came to the county town are Old Z and one of his men. We have to arrest the others and let them continue searching in the mountains! Call your senior brothers and ask them to come and join us. Now that we have locked down the area, they don't have to search everywhere in the county." Zhou Yifeng said to Su Xiaohan.

Su Xiaohan agreed and called Li Zhisong, asking them to go to the Public Security Bureau to find them immediately.

After Li Zhisong and his men arrived, Wang Zecheng, who had received the news, also arrived with members of the anti-drug brigade, and colleagues from the F County Police Station also came to support. Zhou Yifeng and Wang Zecheng divided them into several groups and conducted a carpet search of the old residential areas in the east of the city.

The next morning, Zhu Xiaofeng, Xu Jungang and others met up with them. They had arrested several of Old Z's men. Zhou Yifeng and Wang Zecheng interrogated them at the county public security bureau, but they kept their mouths shut and no one revealed any useful information. One of them even tried to commit suicide, but was stopped by Zhou Yifeng.

"People like them, once they join the drug trafficking gang, their parents, wives and children will be controlled by them. If they dare to betray Old Z, their families' lives will be in danger." Wang Zecheng analyzed based on past experience.

"It seems like it will be difficult to find Old Z through them." Zhou Yifeng sighed.

"Keep searching. As long as we are sure they are still here, we will definitely find them. It just takes some time." Wang Zecheng said.

"This is the only way!" Zhou Yifeng was helpless.

They continued to investigate the designated area and finally found a clue. A resident reported that the second floor of his apartment building had been uninhabited for a long time, but someone had been coming in and out in the past few days and he had accidentally bumped into that person.

According to his description, the man looked very similar to Old Z's men.

(End of this chapter)